Cops warn of attempted kidnapping in Little Village

Chicago police have issued a community alert after a man tried to grab a young girl in the Little Village neighborhood on the West Side.

The girl was walking in the 3500 block of West 27th Street at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday when a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt approached her and asked if he could talk to her, according to the alert issued by Area Central detectives.

The man followed the girl into an alley and grabbed her arm and tried to pull her into a garage. The girl broke free and ran away, authorities said.

The man was described as Hispanic, between 30 and 35, between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-7, with an olive complexion and a mustache, police said.

Anyone with information was asked to contact Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8380.